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 Hello everyone, I will introduce you Second Life. Second Life is an online environment created by Linden Lab, a company based in  San Francisco . Second Life is an online world in which residents create virtual representations of themselves, called   avatars , and interact with other avatars, places or objects. Second Life isn't just a fancy chat room, residents can do much more than communicate with one another. For one thing, they can contribute to the world around them, creating buildings, objects or even   animations . Resident additions to the virtual world are called   user-generated content , and this content is one of the factors that makes Second Life such a unique online environment.  In Second Life, residents can go to social gatherings, live concerts, press conferences and even college classes. They can do a lot of things you can do in real life  buy land, shop for clothes and gadgets or just visit with friends. They can also do things tha...

Hello everybody, I have participated in  ''Write Professional E-mails in English'' course on Coursera which is a Moocs platform. Moocs accounts for '' Massive Open Online Courses''. You can see my participation certificate below.

 Hello everybody, today I will introduce you Nearpod. What is Nearpod? Nearpod is an online student engagement tool which is a great resource for teachers'  use in class to help students learn because it allows the teacher to give students questions like open-ended ones where you type the response, or the answers can be published in drawings where the students can actually draw on Nearpod to show their work in writing or drawings if they need to. Nearpod lets students to gather in one classroom, and each one is in their own personal space where their teacher can give them feedback on their answers. It also allows students to see others’ responses on these online boards where each student writes a response and can review their peers’ responses on that online board, as well. Why to use Nearpod? By using Nearpod, you can give quick feedbacks to your students. You can work on Nearpod whenever/wherever you want as long as you have Internet connection. It can be used to include your...

 Hello everyone! Let's see one of the helpful noticeboard tools: Padlet! What is Padlet? Padlet is a digital tool that can help teachers and students in class by offering a single place for a notice board. It  is a place where you can create a single or multiple walls that contain all the posts you want to share. From videos and images to documents and audio, it is literally a blank slate. It's collaborative, too, allowing you to involve your students, as well. Via Padlet, you can announce assignments, exams, start a discussion and many else activities. Why to use Padlet? It gives teachers the chance to create announcements, assignments and discussions. It is free up to 1 months but if you do not want to pay, you can sign up with different accounts and get your 30 days trial. It allows students and teachers to keep in touch even out of classroom. Teachers can receive and arrange assignment submissions on a single platform as students can submit their homeworks to the post. It ...

 Hello everyone! We will look at a useful organizer tool: Trello! What is Trello? Trello  is a collaboration tool letting you organize your projects into boards. On a layout,  Trello  shows you what's in process, who's working on what, and where something is in a process. Think of a white board which is full of lists of cards, with each note as a task, announcement, text or image for you and your team.  Why to use Trello? Trello is free for everyone seeking for an organizer tool. Who is working on what can be seen by everyone. It is very easy to use. You can reach your boards from everywhere and everytime if you have Internet connection on your devices. You can change the appearance of your board. Here , you can see my Trello board: Here is the link for the Trello board that I've created. You can gain deeper information about educational tools by visiting my board. You should login to your own Trello account to see my public board. https://trello.com/...

 Hi everyone, today, I would like to introduce you Flipgrid. What is Flipgrid? Flipgrid  is a website that allows teachers to create grids to make video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can ask questions or start discussions, called topics and their students can create and send video responses that appear in the grid display.   Why to use Flipgrid? It offers students experience online discussions. It can help students improve their speaking and listening skills. Teachers can watch their students' recordings many times. It proves that online education can be carried out everywhere. You can see some pictures of my Flipgrid account below. Here is the link directing you to the topic I created. If you want to gain more information about Flipgrid, you can watch the video below.

  The educational technologies have developed with the advent of Web 2.0 tools. These tools let students and teachers create, change and share their content for their learning adventure. Web 2.0 also creates a cycle of information sharing, thus people can learn and teach through their social networks. These social networks mainly form as a result of the interaction between learners and mentors via channels like Wikipedia, blogs, podcasts and Youtube, etc. People can comment on their peers' contents and link to each other. These Web 2.0 tools have made learners work in groups more. Regarding users of Internet are mostly young people, these young learners can collaborate on works and it is more engaging and attractive to them. However, some experts are in the opinion that Internet can have much information which is not filtered and which may not be trustworthy. Scholars criticizing the intensive use of technology in education think that students may not be able to decide whether the ...

 Hello everyone, I will introduce you Voki, which is a platform on which you can practice languages by creating an avatar. Voki  is an educational tool  that can be  used to  enhance instruction, engagement, and  understanding of  lesson.  Voki  can be  used in  class (for student work), as an animated presentation tool, for assignments, and as a virtually monitored discussion forum  enabling users to create their own character of speech. You can both type your text and let Voki pronounce it for you or you can record your voice and upload it.  You can customize  Voki  characters to look like historical figures, cartoons, animals and even you! Why to use Voki? It enables you create avatars. It brings comfort to students who feel anxious while speaking. It enhances the speaking thus improves speaking skills. Students can also improve their listening skills via Voki. Discussions, virtual forums can be carried out vi...

 Hello everyone, today we will look at the online whiteboard from Google: Jamboard Jamboard is the online and interactive whiteboard provided to teachers by Google. You can engage your students in lessons by using it. Jamboard provides you with a whiteboard on which you can share images, texts, tables. You can interact with your students thanks to the Jamboard. Google Jamboard Why to use Jamboard? It provides the infrastructure to work in collaboration. It lets teachers to divide their class into small groups so they can manage their class more effectively. Students can brainstorm and share their ideas on a topic. It can be synchronized with online meeting channels like Zoom and Google Meet, etc. Here is an example of Jamboard that I created  Also you can see my Jamboard here . Here is a short guide video on how to use Jamboard, have fun in your teaching!

 Hi everybody, I am here to introduce you a new video tool to help you in your teaching adventure: Edpuzzle   EDpuzzle  is a teaching tool  used to  place interactive content into pre-existing videos from a variety of sources, such as TED or YouTube, or into videos you have made. It can make lessons more fun and students would take more part in the lessons. Teachers can select videos from Youtube, TED and the other video platforms or they can upload their own recordings. Multiple choice questions, notes and open ended questions can be added to these videos and students can answer these questions on the video. Edpuzzle can be used also as a platform on which teachers can make exams. Edpuzzle lets you; Upload whatever video content you wish from many platforms. Edit the video (cut, add voice or video over it). Add multiple-choice, open ended questions and notes on whatever part of the video you want. Bring a joyful way of learning to your class. It is very easy to...

  Hi everyone, I am here to introduce you the Peardeck. Peardeck is a tool that allows us make add-ons to our slides and make our students more active via letting them interact over the slides! What is Pear Deck? Pear Deck is an interactive presentation gadget utilized to actively include students in individual and social learning. Teachers create slides using their Google Drive account. Students log into the presentation with their access codes and interact with questions while teachers can monitor student and whole-class progress. For creating interactive learning setting, Pear Deck would be helpful. Why to use Pear Deck? Pear Deck allows you enrich your presentations. It engages students in the learning process by letting them type or draw their answers to the questions. It also lets you create multiple choice questions and students can drag dots to the right answer. How does Pear Deck work? You create a Pear Deck account and your premiım trial for 1 month starts. You prepare a ...

 Hello everyone, I am here to introduce you a very handy and helpful platform: Edmodo!  Edmodo is an online classroom platform that allows teachers and students interact online, maintain the learning process and make the scheduling for classes. Teachers can upload materials like documents, PowerPoint presentations, videos, images and students can download and work on them. Besides, teachers can make announcements, create posts, assign homeworks, exams and quizzes and grade these. Both students and teachers can make comments on the posts thus an interaction during learning process happens.  Wishing to make you more familiar to the platform, I want to share some pictures of my Edmodo teacher account with you: You can post announcements and reminders on Edmodo. You can assign your students some exams, homeworks and quizzes on Edmodo. In order to create an assignment go to the page of your class. Then click on ''create'' and choose what to assign and determine a deadline fo...

  Human beings can learn better in environments in which they can socialize. The interaction between students and teachers makes the learning process easier and the technology can be used as a booster by the students and teachers in learning environments. It should be remembered that the fundament of learning process for both instructors and learners is being present in the learning setting. These ideas have been more valid for the online education because learning from screens may require more focus on the topic. The three types of presence: teaching, social, cognitive form the base for educational experience. Firstly, teaching presence can be defined as the preparation and the work carried out before and during the lesson. It includes course materials, the syllabus, assignments, choices of readings and discussions . These elements can all be utilized to guide, encourage and earn learners the experience of learning. In this way, students can learn in a professional learning s...